肖申克救赎主题论文

The Shawshank RedemptionA successful young banker Andy found his wife fornicate with a baseball coach. He flew into a fury and planned to shoot them dead at one night. But at last he gave up. His reason won his emotion. Surprisingly, his wife and her lover died at that night. Andy was framed for murder. And the sentence was two life imprisonments. He was sent into Shawshank prison. That was a dark and gloomy hell with mad prisoners, cruel warders and viperous and greedy wardenry. The first night Andy spent in it, a new comer like Andy couldn’t bear the fear and kept crying and shouting. The result was he was taken out and beaten dead by the warders. At that moment, Andy understood that if he want to live he must be silent in Shawshank. In Shawshank Andy knew an old prisoner Red. They gradually became friends. Red was able to get some small goods for the prisoners. So Andy asked for a little hammer because of his interest in geology. The life in Shawshank was full of danger. Andy, as a new prisoner, was often threatened and maltreated by some scoundrels because he always refused their unbearable and disgusting demand. In such a dark prison, no one could help him even if someone may want to. After tow years, one day, Andy, Red and some other prisoners got the chance to rebuild the roof. They heard the head of the warders complaining that he had to pay high tax to government if he wanted to receive his brother’s inheritance. Andy grabbed the opportunity and taught him a way to be exempt from taxation. The condition was to give each prisoner 3 bottles of ice beer. All the prisoners enjoyed the rare and short freedom leisurely. Red said,” It’s just like rebuilding the roof of our own house. We are free like God.” Another consequence was that from then on Andy got the protection from the head of the warders. And all the warders even the wardenry began to consult Andy for financial affairs. So some of his special behaviors were permitted, such as pasting posters of some famous actress on the wall or carving chessmen with his little hammer at night.Prisoner as he was, Andy did more than a civilian. He kept writing one letter to the government every week to ask for bankroll to develop the library in Shawshank. After nearly ten years, a new library finally appeared. When checking the books from the government Andy found a piece of disc of The Wedding of Figaro. Then he played the disc in the radio room, letting the dulcet music spread above Shawshank. Although he was imprisoned alone for two weeks as penalty, he wasn’t regretful at all, because of the greatest thing in the world——music, which represents another best thing for human——hope. Later on, Andy knew a new prisoner Tommy, from whom Andy knew who was the real murderer that killed his wife. He immediately told the wardenry about this and naively thought the wardenry would help him leave there. But the wardenry didn’t do that. He killed Tommy. Andy had been laundering money for the wardenry for a long time. So it’s impossible for the wardenry to set Andy, as a tool and an attester for his crime, free. At this moment, everything seemed to be over. Both Andy and the audience should despair. But the climax of the movie appears. At a night with thunderstorm Andy escaped from Shawshank. Everyone including the wardenry and Red couldn’t believe it. The stone wall which Red asserted wouldn’t be dug through even with six hundred years was dug through by Andy in two decades. He kept digging with that little hammer at night, the sound of which was mistaken for the sound of carving chessmen. And the hole on the wall was covered by the huge poster of a famous actress. At that night, Andy crawled through the narrow tunnel to a drain-pipe and then smashed it with a stone under the cover of thunderclap. He was crawling while vomiting in the pipe which was as long as five football grounds by Red’s estimate. At length, Andy got out of the pipe into a little river outside the prison. He walked to the middle of the river and ripped his shirt, letting the rain wash all the filth away. Under the lightning and thunder, Andy spread out his arms, regaining freedom. When reading the postcard from Andy, Red sighed with feeling,” Some birds aren’t meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are just too bright.” Andy had said,” Life has only two choices——get busy living or get busy dying.” This is the most impressive word in this movie. It influenced a lot of people including me. Everyone is able to be busy living, but not everyone can do that all the time. That’s why a few people have brilliant life; many remain mediocre till the last minute of their life while some always struggle to get out of poverty. We complain that God is unfair. We just despair when we are in all-time low. We take hands-off attitude towards ourselves when others think we are failure, although we will weep in dreams. All of these have a same reason——we forgot that only ourselves can save ourselves. Holding hope forever especially in desperation and reminding myself to get busy living at any moment. That’s the most precious thing I got from this movie——The Shawshank Redemption

影片《肖申克救赎》可以说整体的基调是蒙上了一层凝重的灰色的，在肖申克监狱里上演的一幕幕人性的贪欲、阴险、奸诈……在不公平的命运中人性的绝望、挣扎、渴求……用平缓而沉重的语调娓娓道来，汇成让人深思的汪洋。而那在高墙内微弱酝酿的希望星火，诺顿绝不会料到真的像那句原本是给囚犯们看的话一样——上帝的审判比预料的来得快，艾迪点燃的希望照亮了通往静乐土的路，烧毁了这个利益的囚犯的全部乃至生命。 年轻有为的银行家艾迪的妻子出轨遭人谋杀，艾迪深爱他的妻子却被指控为凶手，被冤入狱。在肖申克监狱服刑的十几年里，典狱长诺顿威胁控制艾迪利用他银行家的身份为自己创汇，艾迪在逆境中仍不放弃希望。他用执着为囚犯们建起图书馆，用勇气为监狱奏响美曲，用真诚与囚友们换来尊重……当他用耐心换来囚友汤姆一个意外秘密时，汤姆却因为能作证艾迪的清白被诺顿引入圈套击毙。汤姆之死使得艾迪实施了他的越狱计划——他对地质学颇有研究，通过观察他发现自己牢房的墙壁很容易挖凿。他便每天用一把破旧的钝锤子挖洞，洞藏在一张海报后面。终于，一天夜里，他顺着洞、顺着肮脏的下水道逃了出去，逃去了他梦中的世外桃源———墨西哥的一座小岛。他最真挚的囚友瑞德获得假释后也通过艾迪留给他的线索找到了艾迪。 皆大欢喜，闭眼沉思。 这部电影流溢出太多。然而我想，它最主要的意思还是表达出在逆境中，在压制下，无论如何都不要放弃希望。我相信，这是每一个观众都能一眼看出并且领悟的，因而在此我想从多角度、从细微之处来感悟本片其他的含义。开头布鲁克斯的死，无疑就是一个让人悲凉唏嘘的情节。布鲁克斯因为在监狱里生活了50年，出狱后社会翻天覆地的变化、世人的冷眼奚落、孤独的凄凉滋味，像汹汹而来的洪水使得布鲁克斯惶恐不安，他甚至曾想再犯一次罪、再回到“家”里。起码，那里有他熟悉伙伴。 “可能我老了，不行了。”是的，他的迟暮之岁使得他不能这么干。他像一只旧了的、再没有人牵引的断线的风筝，孤身在浩浩泱泱的天空中漫无目的'地随风飘荡。他再没有了活下去的动力。他最终把自己的名字刻在房梁上，然后去了天堂。这个情节竟让我这“身经百战”的人眼睛发酸，布鲁克斯苍老的淡蓝眸子中的目光像酸味的泉一样染得我彻骨的凉。虽然我没有那样的经历。我想，当一个人面临突然而至、翻天覆地的陌生变化时，他该如何？布鲁克斯去了天堂，那天堂可是他的救赎？布鲁克斯用50年的牢狱生活赎罪，出狱后的短短几天去连赎罪也是一种奢望，他赎了，救何在？我为命运的深渊、时光的洪流、人心的脆弱而悲、而凉。我知道这篇范文终究应该和本片一样是昂扬、积极、皆大欢喜的，但我对“无力挣扎”这一词组的嗅觉有那么敏感。纵然布鲁克斯的命运只是他自己的，但它折射出的冷冰冰、硬生生的东西是真实的，那惶恐、那无奈、那孤独、那嗟叹是确实存在的，只不过，在现实生活中是其他未知的形态。 写到这我想我不知道怎么收尾，《肖申克的救赎》救赎了很多，但也没能救赎很多。救赎年轻汤姆的毛躁、布鲁克斯的悲哀、诺顿被污染的心……那片天空，似乎始终是阴沉的。 但就算这样也不会消极，我们的主角们在阳光海滩上拥抱，我们的现实生活依然继续，我依然快乐。 揪出那些没被救赎的悲哀，为了救赎我们目睹的悲哀的记忆。揪出那些没被救赎的悲哀，为了给幸福与欢乐留下纯净的空白。

写这样一部经典大片的影评，望而生畏。片子赋予我最直观的感受便是震撼。围墙内的生活始终离我太远。而在130多分钟的时段里，我的灵魂好似融进影片里。同安迪一道找寻着救赎。这便是电影绝无仅有的魅力。 命运。 我不相信宿命。我想安迪也是。 前途似锦的生活就此终结。金钱名誉贪婪享乐……一切欲望被瞬间扼杀得粉碎。在肖申克，你只需劳动，想着怎样减少狱友的轻蔑与毒打，面对粗暴的狱警，度过漫长难捱的漆黑深夜。你的灵魂陨落底层，生活变成一场背负屈辱的灵魂放逐。你甚至丧志掉尊严，泯灭掉人性。再坚强的灵魂也难以忍受一场空前的晴天霹雳。生活是一场滑稽的闹剧。瞬间三百六十度转变。 崩溃。暗无天日。度日如年。心灵最脆弱防线。灵魂颠簸跌入尘埃。 胖子第一天深夜便惨死狱中。他被突如其来的枷锁束缚得抓狂，歇斯底里告诉狱警，他被冤枉，他不属于这里，他要回家。狱警笑了，用下流肮脏的方式将他送入天国。带着他未被救赎的灵魂。在那里，他是否会解脱。 一个月后。安迪告诉在打棒球的瑞德。他是清白的。瑞德笑着说，这里的每个人都是无罪的。 上帝把这样的命运赋予了你。你能怎样。 而安迪是不相信这些的。他忠贞于美好的信仰。他能重获新生。 救赎。 人性无法顿挫的棱角。灵魂难以泯灭的光辉。 在承载着罪恶。野蛮。兽性。屈辱。的人间地狱里。安迪在找寻救赎。并把那丝微弱而坚毅的光芒带给那些忍辱负重的狱友。 片子里第一个让我亢奋的情节，是农场中劳作的囚犯们在愉悦地喝啤酒。安迪用智慧帮狱警逃税，报偿是每人三瓶啤酒。当然，起先受轻蔑挑衅的狱警揪扯安迪的衣襟要把他推入悬崖的片段使我冒汗，好在有惊无险。我钦佩安迪的胆量。 瑞德用淡然的口气娓娓道来。“那一刻。我们仿佛是自由的。我们仿佛在装修自家的屋顶。我们心情无比愉悦舒畅。”我泪流满面。 安迪始终没有放弃过。他用六年时间写信给州政府，终于得到第一笔图书馆捐赠。后来图书馆落成，囚犯们的灵魂又能在书中找寻慰藉。 某个落日黄昏，Le Nozze de Figaro的旋律在高墙内恣意蔓延。强有力的音符缓缓流入每个人的耳朵，直抵灵魂。我看到每个人的眼眸里流露出朝圣的虔诚的目光。音乐是最好的救赎物。瑞德说，“我到今天也始终不明白，这两个意大利女人在唱什么。事实上，我也不想去明白。”有些东西不必言说，也不是笔墨能够抒写的。我想音乐流淌的短短几分钟，每个疲惫的灵魂找到了最温柔恬静的栖身之所。——安迪为此得到了两个周的禁闭。不过我想他不后悔。 在肖申克。安迪不甘堕落。他为自己，为其他人，制造灵魂眷顾的缺口。 习惯。 看到老布鲁斯的那一段不禁又泪流满面。 除了监狱里坚实的高墙。每个人的心里也有一堵无形的墙。随时间推移，它被堆砌得越来越高，越来越厚。你的心原本在命运线上挣扎，无端挣扎，你想要尽快获得自由，重获新生。在抗争的同时，又在潜移默化适应高墙内平淡如水的生活，那堵墙也越砌越高。到最后心灵被束缚得没有搏击之余里。在逼仄的范围里安然跳动着。 不仅是囚犯。每个人都在砌这样一堵墙。 老布鲁斯在监狱里安然度过了五十年。从慷慨激昂的小伙子到安度世事的须臾老者。阒静的岁月在他心灵留下怎样的烙痕。无从知晓。只知道，他把人生五十年的时光献给肖申克，他还想继续把忠贞托付给这里。 某一天。他竟然意外活得假释。能想象出他用尖刀对准某一无故囚犯脖子时澎湃起伏的心情。习惯是个可怕的东西。还有适应。 世上没有“适合”一说。只有时间的磨合程度。五十年，此时的老布鲁斯是属于肖申克的。尽管起初，他或许也是被冤枉的，他阴差阳错含冤入狱。这仅是起初。 获得身体自由的老布鲁斯上吊自尽。他找到了归宿。因为突如其来的自由令他恐慌。五十年了。世界变了。容纳不下他。他的心也容不下崭新的世界。——“醒来的时候总要想一想才能确定我在哪。我不喜欢这里。我要离开。”尽管。人人都是向往美好和自由的。没有人真正喜欢罪恶与龌龊。可是他老了，迟暮的心哪能经受了事态变迁。 瑞德说，布鲁斯应当死在监狱里。 “These walls are kind of funny like that. First you hate them, then you get used to them. Enough time passed, get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.” 好在影片给了我们温暖的结局。度过四十年牢狱生涯的瑞德也假释成功，得到了自由。他亦经历了布鲁斯辗转难安的过程。但他找到了更积极的人生，在美丽海岛上与老朋友开始新的生活。 那段场景让我慰藉。 信念。坚持。希望。 好吧。将视线回到安迪身上。我是崇拜他的。我想。 Some birds aren't meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are just too bright 安迪是只随时随地展翅蹁跹的鸟儿。有美丽的羽毛。 他用智慧把看似万劫不复的命运重新把握起来。他有最最坚毅的信念。他有日复一日的坚持。 汤姆。他无疑是影片里一个小小的亮点。他活力、张狂、激情四射。他给安迪带来一丝求生的希望，却在紧要关头被老奸巨猾的典狱长谋杀。 典狱长看似体面的面孔下深藏一颗恶毒贪婪的心。安迪长期为他洗钱，他为了保住自己贪婪的利益不惜牺牲安迪的自由，甚至杀害了无辜的汤姆。当然，他的种种罪恶也在自掘坟墓。安迪让他得到了报复。他死在自己的手枪之下。 应得承认。当汤姆惨死、安迪被关禁闭两个月时。安迪有一瞬是绝望的。因为仅有的希望破灭了。而他仍在坚持。 Hope is a good thing,maybe the best of things,and no good thing ever dies. 好像记得一个场景，辛勤劳作后的安迪和瑞德在饭桌交谈。安迪告诉瑞德，他一直坚守着希望。而瑞德说，在监狱里，那是你不该有的东西。终于。安迪还是把希望留了下来。以此开启新的人生。 十九年。他用一个小小的铁锹把在瑞德看来六百年也打通不了的隧道用十九年搞定。他把铁锹藏在《圣经》里。他经受住每次狱警查房的压力。稍有不慎，十几年的努力便会付诸东流，他也会得到不堪入目的教训。 呵呵。终于。他成功了。不是有句古话说，皇天不负有心人么。 一个雷雨交加的夜晚。他穿越过了隧道，爬过了臭水沟，在河里脱掉了囚犯的衣服，被雨水尽情拍打洗濯。他得到了自由。他的心灵也会在太平洋海岛上恣意驰骋。 十九年。占据人生最璀璨的一段时光。十九年的牢狱生活仍是安迪难以抚平的创伤。年老翘首，我想他也会为这段难以言说的经历泪雨滂沱。那样的心情。无法用语言参透。 其他。 1.最大快人心的片段。是风度翩翩衣襟款款的安迪在银行办理手续，平静的脸上似乎看不出一丝阴霾。 2.最温馨的场景。是安迪走后，老朋友们仍在津津乐道着他往日的趣闻。澄澈的笑容发自内心。瑞德在旁边看着他们眉飞色舞，心里也是温暖的。安迪救赎了他们。在肖申克带给他们崭新的生活。 3.瑞德娓娓道来的语气贯穿情节始终。令我沉醉。如饱经沧桑的老者，用最平淡无常的口气，告诉我们他的一生，惊心动魄又淡然无奇的生活。他给片子带来瑰丽的一抹色彩。 4.令我感动的。还有瑞德与安迪的友谊。十九年。彼此信任。相持。 5.据说最后瑞德奔赴太平洋海岛与安迪相聚的场景是因投资方强烈要求补拍的。小说里并没有这一幕。大团圆式的结局正合中国人胃口。 ——“我发现自己是如此的激动,以至于不能安坐或思考。我想只有那些重获自由即将踏上新征程的人们才能感受到这种即将揭开未来神秘面纱的激动心情。我希望跨越边境，与朋友相见握手。我希望太平洋的海水如同梦中一样的蓝。我希望。” 瑞德包含希冀的一段话足以让人感动。温馨式的结局虽有悖美国大片的神秘留白感。但那一幕，我相信早已活现在每个观众的脑海里，也是每个观众想看到的。 END。 生活仍在继续。波澜不惊。平静如水。 你不知道前方将要发生什么。不曾想象哪天你会被卷入波涛汹涌的洪流之中。 无论如何。请你记得。你是命运的主宰者。 即便灵魂颠簸无数。也要尽全力。完成人生的艰难泅渡。 带着勇敢。坚持。信念。希望。 上路。 后记。 一些朋友说。这是一部成人的童话。安迪越狱的经历完全不符合实际。我默认。但真旳无所谓。我们爱这部电影。这部电影为我们带来过感动。足矣。 最后。其实很难给影评写下结尾。我的人生才度过十四个年头，坦然无挫，难以切身体会影片之精髓。所以无法肯定这部《肖申克的救赎》是否真正的融入我心。这篇影评或许太过浅显。 好的电影需要与生活为伴，而不是以观赏者的身份走马观花。记得一位网友说，“再看、再看、再看。我不知道这部片子还会给我什么，片子没变，变的是我。” 若岁月净染，光阴流转，历经些许沧桑后再回过头看片子，一定会懂得更多。